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Foucault and Classical Antiquity: Power, Ethics and Knowledge
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Foucault and Classical Antiquity: Power, Ethics and Knowledge
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Wolfgang Detel
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Translated by David Wigg-Wolf
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| Series | Modern European Philosophy |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:292 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521179720
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| Classifications | Dewey:194 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
4 November 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This 2005 book is a critical examination of Michel Foucault's relation to ancient Greek thought, in particular his famous analysis of Greek history of sexuality. Wolfgang Detel offers an understanding of Foucault's theories of power and knowledge based on modern analytical theories of science and concepts of power. He offers a complex reading of the texts which Foucault discusses, covering topics such as Aristotle's ethics and theory of sex, Hippocratic dietetics, the earliest treatises on economics, and Plato's theory of love. The result is a philosophically rich and probing critique of Foucault's later writings, and a persuasive account of the relation between ethics, power and knowledge in classical antiquity. His book will have a wide appeal to readers interested in Foucault and in Greek thought and culture.
Author Biography
Wolfgang Detel is Professor of Philosophy at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt.
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